tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post5916050405033186721..comments2023-08-03T10:04:00.328-04:00Comments on Sardonic Catholic Dad: Back in the Saddle AgainRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04775537038859720959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post-47972141361379512762008-09-12T10:16:00.000-04:002008-09-12T10:16:00.000-04:00Here are a few quotes from the Tours head honchoRa...Here are a few quotes from the Tours head honcho<BR/><BR/><I>Race director Christian Prudhomme said Wednesday the door is open for Armstrong to compete in the 2009 Tour, but he was cool on the idea and stressed Armstrong must meet stringent new anti-doping standards to clear up the suspicions that dogged him throughout his career.<BR/><BR/>Prudhomme said Armstrong and his team must follow all the drug-testing rules "that are much more strict than they were before."<BR/><BR/>"If Lance Armstrong is at the start of the Tour de France, it will be the same thing for him and for his team, of course," he said. "I can't say anything else. There won't be any exceptions."</I><BR/><BR/>Landis suspension ends on Jan 30th of next year. He will be 34 by next years tour...getting up there in age. And so far he has only proved he can win when he cheats.<BR/><BR/>Yeah wether one likes Lance or not, the attention is good for cycling.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775537038859720959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736912982726404421.post-66433781779451356362008-09-11T21:32:00.000-04:002008-09-11T21:32:00.000-04:00It'll be interesting to see if they allow him and ...It'll be interesting to see if they allow him and his team, I'm assuming it will be Astana, in the race. Doesn't the head of the Tour have like a personal vendetta against Lance?<BR/><BR/>I heard Landis is going to try and come back next year also. I thought he was suspended for two years? They must have made that suspension retroactive, right?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Lance will bring some much needed attention back to bicycle racing as long as he is contending, which I am sure he will be.Roger Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831602215904873587noreply@blogger.com